<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>my apologies for not posting for a long = time - been looking though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got an old overdamper in the shop = at the moment, some work is required . I'm gonna replace keytops and weights.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The action was done up I'd say no more = than 10 years ago but the piano has no letoff rail!! I've never seen this before!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this common amongst older overdampers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also the tech replaced the dampers with = normal V and W's in the bass and underdamper felt in the treble.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was always told that this wouldn't = work at all as opposed to normal Od dampers hardly working!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Can anyone advise me. I need to = know because I have to replace all the key weights (swollen) before I know what = else to do!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also the piano is a H.Kohl Hamburg sn 3702.If  anyone can tell me its age that would also be appreciated. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>